KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 – Nine major highway concessionaires in Klang Valley been announced on Monday that toll rates along their routes would be increased between 10 sen and RM3 start from Thursday. The new rates affect the Kuala Lumpur-Karak (KLK) expressway, Maju Expressway (MEX), Kajang Highway-SILK, Duta-Ulu Kelang Expressway (DUKE), and Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel (SMART).
Other affected routes are KL-Kuala Selangor Expressway (LATAR), Sungai Besi Highway (BESRAYA), New Pantai Expressway (NPE), and Kajang Seremban Highway (LEKAS). PLUS Malaysia Berhad in a statement said toll rates at its eight expressways remain the same as of now.
ANIH Berhad said the new KLK toll rate at Gombak Toll Plaza is RM6 (class 1) RM12 (class 2), RM18 (class 3), RM3 (class 4), while RM5 is maintained for class 5. For the Bentong toll plaza, a spokesman said the rate for class 1 is RM3.50, class 2 (RM7), class 3 (RM10.50), class 4 (RM1.80), and class 5, maintained at RM3.
Class 1 is for cars; class 2, for less than one tonne lorries; class 3, for heavy duty lorries and trailers; class 4 for taxis; and class 5 for buses. Meanwhile, Maju Expressway Sdn Bhd in a statement said the new toll rates for Salak Selatan is RM2 (class 1), RM4 (class 2), RM6 (class 3), RM1 (class 4), and RM1.50 (class 5).
The new rates for Putrajaya toll plaza are RM3.50 (class 1), RM7 (class 2), RM10.50 (class 3), RM1.80 (class 4) and RM2.50 (class 5). SILK Holdings Berhad said its new toll rates for Kajang highway-Silk is RM1.80 (class 1), RM3.60 (class 2), RM5.40 (class 3), 90 sen (class 4) and RM1 (class 5).
For DUKE, North-East (KL) Highway Consortium Sdn Bhd announced that the new rates for Ayer Panas toll plaze, Sentul Pasar toll plaza and Kampung Batu toll plaza are RM2.50 (class 1), RM3.80 (class 2), RM5 (class 3), RM1.30 (class 4), and RM1.30 is maintained for class 5.
Syarikat Mengurus Air Banjir dan Terowong Sdn Bhd said the new rate for SMART tunnel is RM3. For LATAR, KL-Kuala Selangor Expressway Berhad said the new rates for Ijok toll Plaza, Kuang Timur toll plaza, Kuang Barat toll plaza and Templer toll plaza, are RM2.50 for class 1, RM5 (class 2), RM7 (class 3), RM1.30 (class 4) while RM2 is maintained for class 5.
In the same time, BESRAYA (M) Sdn BHD said its rates for the Mines toll plaza (North and South) are RM2 for class 1, RM4 (class 2), RM4 (class 3), RM2 (class 4) while RM1.30 is maintained for class 5. For NPE, New Pantai Expressway Sdn Bhd in a statement said the new rates for Pantai Dalam toll plaza and PJS5 toll plaza are RM2.30 (class 1), RM4.60 (class 2), RM6.90 (class 3), RM1.20 (class 4), and RM1.60 (class 5).
For the PJS2 toll plaza, the rate for class 1 is maintained at RM1, while the new rate for class 2 is RM4.60, class 3 (RM6.90), class 4 (RM1.20), and class 5 remains at RM1.60. Kajang Seremban Sdn Bhd (LEKAS) announced a toll increase of between 10 sen and RM2 for its Kajang Selatan, Semenyih, Pajam, Mantin, Setul, and Jelebu toll plazas.
There is no toll increase for eight highways managed by PLUS, which are the the North-South Expressway (PLUS), New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE), Federal Highway Route 2 (FHR2), Seremban-Port Dickson Highway (SPDH), North-South Expressway central Link (ELITE), Malaysia-Singapore Second Link (Linkedua), Butterworth-Kulim Expressway (BKE) and Penang Bridge.
The last toll rate increase on March 1, 2009, involved the North-South Expressway (PLUS), Western Kuala Lumpur Traffic Dispersal Scheme (SPRINT), Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (AKLEH), BESRAYA and NPE while there had been no increase in rates by other toll concessionaires since 2008.
